Transition begins for LSU Health

1:01 PM,
Sep. 30, 2013

Dr. Robert Barish

Written by

Robert A. Barish
Guest Columnist

The change of command ceremony is a time-honored tradition in the military. It symbolically portrays the continuity of mission through the passing of leadership from one commanding officer to the next. This week, we mark an historic change for LSU Medical Center in Shreveport and EA Conway Medical Center in Monroe as they pass from public to private operation.

Throughout the long and storied histories of these two institutions, there has been one constant. That is the commitment of the employees of these hospitals. It is through their long tradition of care, that our hospitals have ...